ὄνομα δέ: for δέ, see on i.3.13. ἡ δέ: for the pronominal art., see on i.2.33. ὑποκοριζόμενοι: nicknaming. The word properly means ‘to talk baby talk,’ from κόρος, ‘child,’—hence, ‘to give pet names,’ and so, in a bad sense, ‘to nickname.’
Xenophon: Memorabilia. Josiah Renick Smith. Boston. Ginn and Company. 1903.
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